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Page xiv
He needed the younger , staider brother as a foil to the wild , if heroic , Prince Hal . So Lady Percy and Lady Mortimer , although , like Prince John , historical characters , are introduced into the action for purely dramatic purposes ...
He needed the younger , staider brother as a foil to the wild , if heroic , Prince Hal . So Lady Percy and Lady Mortimer , although , like Prince John , historical characters , are introduced into the action for purely dramatic purposes ...
Page xv
Hotspur speaks of Mortimer as “ my wife's brother " ( 1. 142 ) and “ my brother Edmund Mortimer ” ( 1. 156 ) ; and in II . iii . 83 Lady Percy refers to him as “ my brother Mortimer ” . In these passages Mortimer ...
Hotspur speaks of Mortimer as “ my wife's brother " ( 1. 142 ) and “ my brother Edmund Mortimer ” ( 1. 156 ) ; and in II . iii . 83 Lady Percy refers to him as “ my brother Mortimer ” . In these passages Mortimer ...
Page xvi
... King refers to the expulsion of Prince Henry from the Privy Council Thy place in council thou hast rudely lost , Which by thy younger brother is supplied . Shakespeare is here following Holinshed , who relates that the Prince “ once ...
... King refers to the expulsion of Prince Henry from the Privy Council Thy place in council thou hast rudely lost , Which by thy younger brother is supplied . Shakespeare is here following Holinshed , who relates that the Prince “ once ...
Page xxxi
A striking contrast to the Prince is his brother John of Lancaster . Prince John , “ this same young sober - blooded boy ” who did not love Falstaff , was as far removed from his wilder brother as was the impetuous . Percy .
A striking contrast to the Prince is his brother John of Lancaster . Prince John , “ this same young sober - blooded boy ” who did not love Falstaff , was as far removed from his wilder brother as was the impetuous . Percy .
Page xxxvi
“ Henrie earle of Northumberland , with his brother Thomas earle of Worcester , and his sonne the lord Henrie Persie , surnamed Hotspur , which were to king Henrie in the beginning of his reigne , both faithfull freends , and earnest ...
“ Henrie earle of Northumberland , with his brother Thomas earle of Worcester , and his sonne the lord Henrie Persie , surnamed Hotspur , which were to king Henrie in the beginning of his reigne , both faithfull freends , and earnest ...
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